crazycage

got some things id like to ask ,do you use your car every day ?and when your at brunts do you have a good go at the 1/4s im not saying that a 14sec is slow or anything but surely your car should be doing say 12.9 or maybe a bit lower??? just askin out of interest

jaiscossie

whos chritian never heard of that user in my life

Physio

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Would that be Christian?

Christian and Beccy

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I could use it every day, but I don't. It is nice to drive.

The car is geared long for the top speeds, plus I am shit at launching, everyone knows that. LOL.

Having said that, Tim's is one of the only RST's that has been into the 12's. Paul R did it too, but that was a car that had short gearing and semi-slicks etc.

5.8 to 60 isn't far off the pace for a car of my spec that isn't set-up specifically for sprinting.

crazycage

oops

Christian and Beccy

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I kind of assumed. Perhaps there is a new user??

timrud

I always wondered why you get slow 1/4's but superb top speeds, I should of really thought about your gearing

Physio

Unless he meant to call you a cretin

Christian and Beccy

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I did 114mph terminal at the PF Thrash, which I was quite pleased with.

Remember the car goes off the clock in 4th, which is a REAL 130mph.

crazycage

i no tim done a 12.9 last year and paul r ,thats why i asked why you havent done it thats all,and my mate paul did a 11.86 @ 10 of the best 2 years ago and a 0-60 in 4.68 @ the ford fair last year and we all no thats geared long

timrud

Your terminals are quality, and TBH on a FWD I look at that just as much as the time

Mine does at 7500rpm 128 in fourth according to my little calculator thingy. So yours is geared longer

But my turbo is so small 7500rpm isn't the best place to be

crazycage

i did mean christian, soz

Christian and Beccy

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What car was that?

Christian and Beccy

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No worries!!

crazycage

black fiesta turbo ,but its zetec not cvh

Christian and Beccy

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Oh, I know which one you mean now. Not anything in my league!!

smitsturbo

is that paul johstone's fiesta?

crazycage

yep

gus

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i look more at the terminals in fwds



always gonna have trouble getting off the line

Badman38

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could of been a problem with the timing because paul not got anywhere near that time since and i think paul runs the same gearing as christians but cant really compare different engines and power delivery..

crazycage

no probs with timing gear as christian did a 161.1 on the same timing gear on the same day @ the dady thrash jan 05

Badman38

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well then i find it a bit strange paul never got anywhere near that time before or anytime after the event and the timing gear which is used at the daddy thrash is different to the one at totb. At the daddy thrash the timing gear is runs in the car which does'nt happening at totb

Rick

yea, Paul's never got NEAR that, even at this years totb.

crazycage

his top speed was at the daddy thrash and his 1/4mile at 10 of the best

Badman38

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yeah i know that if paul was getting mid to low 12s then i could understand achieveing 11.86 but i think the fastest time paul has had is a 13 dead with his Terminals 11s are defiantly on the cards but he will probably have to drop to 15" wheels and maybe try nitrous especially with such a big turbo.
i'm having the same problems but i hope to Rectify them before central rs national day

Tim

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ooooooohhhhhhhhh the 12,s club not many in it yet, more this year i think

Christian and Beccy

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I'd be happy to get in the 13's consistently, let alone the 12's!!

GaryEvo

i reckon you struggle even in mine!!

Christian and Beccy

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AFPMSL. We'll see next time you pop out. I'll see if I can have your clutch stinking again.

Badman38

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i dont think there is a problem with your launching Technique i just think your engine needs a bit of help going by your top speed vid there seams to be quite a bit of lag between gear changes.
i guess you have probably thought about using nitrous but everywhere your engine struggles nitrous would make life alot easier but then a proper nitrous setup not going to be cheap.

crazycage

look think wot you like he did 179 and 11.86 1/4 i was there

crazycage

[quote="crazycage"]look think wot you like he did 179 and 11.86 1/4 i was there ,and its back on the old turbo

Christian and Beccy

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Crazycage, not being funny, but just because you witnessed it, doesn't mean it's right. I'm not saying it's wrong, but there have been lots of spurious times recorded in the past that many people witnessed. Take Severn Valley's 11-second 1/4 mile from a few years back. That was definately bollocks.

Turboboss - That set-up was spec'd for one reason. Numbers. BHP and Top Speed. Both of which it delivers. Job done. As soon as I want to set a sprint time, it would have a smaller turbo and a Quaife 'box and 12 second 1/4's would be mine. The spec that was used at the PF thrash was untested and yes it is laggy. We will see what the next course of changes results in.

crazycage

if his 1/4 mile @10 of the best was wrong then so was everyones ,he did it all day in the low 12s before he done the 11.86 and he won 10 of the best fwd that year anyone would think you are all a load of jap lovers on here

Badman38

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fair enough christian i jsut think you can achieve low 13s high 12s with your current setup.

thanks

sean

Christian and Beccy

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Crazycage - I'm not doubting his times, I don't really have anything to do with TOTB. Although, most of the times from TOTB have had doubts cast over them since the beginning.

I know very little else about Paul's car, but it helps if it has achieved the times, or close to, on a separate day and better still at a different venue.

My car has done circa 168mph at 2 different venue's and has exceeded 167mph at least 5 times now, so cannot really be disputed, for example.

Christian and Beccy

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There is no way on god's earth I can get low 13's, let alone high 12's.

Seriously. It doesn't help having had such a string of gearbox failures, it tends to make you a little gentle for fear of it breaking. I have also done very little with sprint timing, I can't even remember the last time I ran at Santa Pod. Every runway event, I am exclusively there for Top Speed, so any sprint times are purely by chance.

crazycage

this is just gettin stupid now like it matters wot people think anyway

Christian and Beccy

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I'm not trying to upset anyone, it has taken me years to gain respect with my figures and repeatability is the only way that people are convinced by what you can do.

Badman38

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chill out m8 i was only questioning the 1/4 mile time not the topspeed and i dont think anyone else questioned the topspeed because the car is well capable and some ... i thought most of paul 1/4 mile times on the day were in the 13s i just cant see how he was able to jump to 11.86.. anyway i'm sure this year with the changes paul will be doing 11s constantly